"And When he had called the people unto him
with his disciples also, he said unto them,
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me." - Mark 8:34

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October 05 - Mark 1, Luke 4-5, John 2

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Mark Chapter 1

John the Baptist Prepares the WayMar 1:1 The
beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;Mar 1:2 As
it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.Mar 1:3 The voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.Mar 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and
preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.Mar
1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of
Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,
confessing their sins.Mar 1:6 And John was clothed with camel's
hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat
locusts and wild honey;Mar 1:7 And preached, saying, There cometh
one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy
to stoop down and unloose.Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with
water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

The
Baptism of JesusMar 1:9 And it came to pass in those days,
that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in
Jordan.Mar 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw
the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Mar 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

The Temptation of
JesusMar 1:12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into
the wilderness.Mar 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty
days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels
ministered unto him.

Jesus Begins His Ministry
Mar 1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into
Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,Mar 1:15 And
saying, The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Jesus Calls the First DisciplesMar
1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew
his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.Mar
1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after
me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.Mar
1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.Mar
1:19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son
of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending
their nets.Mar 1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left
their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after
him.

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean
SpiritMar 1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway
on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.Mar
1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as
one that had authority, and not as the scribes.Mar 1:23 And there
was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
Mar 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus
of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the
Holy One of God.Mar 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying,
Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Mar 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a
loud voice, he came out of him.Mar 1:27 And they were all amazed,
insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is
this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even
the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.Mar 1:28 And immediately
his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

Jesus Heals ManyMar 1:29 And
forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into
the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.Mar 1:30 But
Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of
her.Mar 1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her
up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mar 1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all
that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.Mar
1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.Mar
1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out
many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew
him.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee
Mar 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he
went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.Mar
1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.Mar
1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for
thee.Mar 1:38 And he said unto them, Let
us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore
came I forth.Mar 1:39 And he preached in their synagogues
throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

Jesus
Cleanses a LeperMar 1:40 And there came a leper to him,
beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean.Mar 1:41 And Jesus, moved with
compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him,
I will; be thou clean.Mar 1:42 And as soon as he had spoken,
immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.Mar
1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;Mar
1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say
nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and
offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.Mar 1:45 But he went out, and began to
publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus
could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert
places: and they came to him from every quarter.

Luke Chapters 4-5The Temptation of Jesus
Luk 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those
days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward
hungered.
Luk 4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luk 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Luk 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain,
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Luk 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I
give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to
whomsoever I will I give it.
Luk 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Luk 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Luk 4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a
pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down from hence:
Luk 4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
Luk 4:11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luk 4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Luk 4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

Jesus Begins His Ministry
Luk 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into
Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round
about.
Luk 4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
Luk 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath
day, and stood up for to read.
Luk 4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place
where it was written,
Luk 4:18 The Spirit of
the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luk 4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luk 4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the
minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the
synagogue were fastened on him.
Luk 4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Luk 4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the
gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not
this Joseph's son?
Luk 4:23 And he said unto them, Ye
will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself:
whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
Luk 4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
Luk 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in
Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years
and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Luk 4:26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Luk 4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of
Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the
Syrian.
Luk 4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
Luk 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and
led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that
they might cast him down headlong.
Luk 4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Demon
Luk 4:31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Luk 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Luk 4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a
spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
Luk 4:34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee,
thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who
thou art; the Holy One of God.
Luk 4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and
come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he
came out of him, and hurt him not.
Luk 4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among
themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power
he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
Luk 4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.

Jesus Heals Many
Luk 4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into
Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever;
and they besought him for her.
Luk 4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and
it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
Luk 4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any
sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands
on every one of them, and healed them.
Luk 4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and
saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered
them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues
Luk 4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a
desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed
him, that he should not depart from them.
Luk 4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
Luk 4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

Jesus Calls the First Disciples
Luk 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed
upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Luk 5:2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
Luk 5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was
Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the
land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Luk 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon,
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Luk 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word
I will let down the net.
Luk 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luk 5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in
the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and
filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
Luk 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Luk 5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
Luk 5:10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of
Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon,
Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
Luk 5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper
Luk 5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city,
behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and
besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Luk 5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying,
I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
Luk 5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew
thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses
commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Luk 5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of
him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by
him of their infirmities.
Luk 5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic
Luk 5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was
teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by,
which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and
Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Luk 5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was
taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay
him before him.
Luk 5:19 And when they could not find by what way they might
bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and
let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before
Jesus.
Luk 5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him,
Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Luk 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,
saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins,
but God alone?
Luk 5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them,
What reason ye in your hearts?
Luk 5:23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Luk 5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power
upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,)
I say
unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
Luk 5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up
that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
Luk 5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God,
and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.

Jesus Calls Levi
Luk 5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a
publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said
unto him, Follow me.
Luk 5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
Luk 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house:
and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down
with them.
Luk 5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against
his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and
sinners?
Luk 5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them,
They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Luk 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

A Question About Fasting
Luk 5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of
John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the
Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Luk 5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Luk 5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall
be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
Luk 5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them;
No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both
the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new
agreeth not with the old.
Luk 5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else
the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles
shall perish.
Luk 5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luk 5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

John Chapter 2

The Wedding at CanaJoh 2:1 And the third day there
was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
Joh 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
Joh 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him,
They have no wine.Joh 2:4 Jesus saith unto her,
Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour
is not yet come.Joh 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants,
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.Joh 2:6 And there were set
there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the
Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.Joh 2:7 Jesus saith
unto them, Fill the waterpots with water.
And they filled them up to the brim.Joh 2:8 And he saith unto them,
Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of
the feast. And they bare it.Joh 2:9 When the ruler of the
feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it
was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the
feast called the bridegroom,Joh 2:10 And saith unto him, Every man
at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk,
then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
Joh 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.Joh
2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his
brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

Jesus Cleanses the TempleJoh 2:13 And the
Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,Joh
2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves,
and the changers of money sitting:Joh 2:15 And when he had made a
scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the
sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew
the tables;Joh 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves,
Take these things hence; make not my Father's
house an house of merchandise.Joh 2:17 And his disciples
remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me
up.Joh 2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign
shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?Joh
2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Joh
2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?Joh 2:21 But he
spake of the temple of his body.Joh 2:22 When therefore he was
risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto
them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had
said.

Jesus Knows What Is in ManJoh
2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day,
many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
Joh 2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew
all men,Joh 2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for
he knew what was in man.